Royal Opera House 2018-19 Review: La Fille du Régiment

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(Photo: Royal Opera House/Tristram Kenton) A map unfolds to become mammoth-sized over the stage in Laurent Pelly’s 2007 production of “La Fille du Régiment:” a zany and cartoonish exposition of this far-fetched comic tale that stretches paper-thin our talent for suspending disbelief. Mounting the set in an unspecified era with almost incidental visual references to furniture, furnishings and fashions of the {…}

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Brandie Sutton & Orson Van Gay II Lead Phoenicia International Festival Of The Voice’s 2019 Season

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Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice will soon celebrate its 10th anniversary season with “musical gems that honor African American culture and talent,” according to the press release. The Festival will kick off with “10 Year Gala, Decade of Opera Favorites,” featuring sopranos Nancy Allen Lundy and Michelle Jennings, tenors Anthony Laciura and Barry Banks, bass-baritone Kyle Albertson, bass Morris {…}

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Opéra Grand Avignon Announces Its 2019-20 Season

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Opéra Grand Avignon has announced its 2019-20 season. Opera The opera season will kick off with a new production o Offenbach’s “La Périchole,” directed by Eric Chevalier. Marie Karall stars in the title role, alongside Pierre Derhet as Piquillo, Philippe Ermelier as Viceroy of Peru, Enguerrand de Hys as Don Pedro of Panatellas, and Ugo Rabec as Don Pedro of {…}

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Carmen Giannattasio, Nino Machaidze & Jessica Pratt Headline Teatro Di San Carlo’s 2019-20’s Season

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The Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli has announced its 2019-20 season featuring an array of international stars and a number of concerts. Operas The season opens with a production of Tchaikovsky’s “The Queen of Spades” in a production by Willy Decker. Juraj Valčuha conducts the production, which is set to star Misha Didyk and Oleg Dolgov as Herman, Tómas Tómasson {…}

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Left Coast Chamber Ensemble 2019 Review: ‘Dorothea and Artemesia’

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Left Coast Chamber Ensemble gave us two world premieres to kick off June and to end their 26thseason: Chris Stark’s “From the Field” and Laura Schwendinger’s “Artemesia.” Stark’s first opera lasts all of 17 minutes but packs a wallop of far-reaching content: Climate Change in the U.S., and beyond. Laura Schwendinger’s “Artemesia” joins past and present in an original and {…}

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Joyce El-Khoury, Jodie Devos & Anne-Catherine Gillet Headline Opera De Limoges’ 2019-20 Season

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Opera de Limoges is set to present a 2019-20 season with a diverse repertoire and a number of recitals. Guignard’s “Jungle” opens the season with Vivien Simon, Sylvain Manet, Clara Pertuy, and Halidou Nombre. Stéphane Guignard directs the production. Performance Dates: Oct. 17-18. 2019 Anne Kessler directs Offenbach’s “Madame Favart” with Laurent Campellone conducting that includes Marion Lebègue, Anne-Catherine Gillet, and Christian Helmer. Performance Dates: Nov. 3-7, {…}

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Téte à Téte Opera Festival Announces 2019 Season

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The Tête à Tête Opera Festival has announced its new season. The season opens with “Madame Butterflop,” a major subversion of Puccini’s classic. It will star Mary Plazas. Performance Date: July 24, 2019 Next up is “Karaopera, which is a karaoke night for opera lovers. It will be produced by Lucie Treacher at Kings Cross. Performance Date: July 26, 2019 {…}

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San Francisco Opera Guild Celebrates With Marchesa & Announces Opera Ball

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The San Francisco Opera Guild launched its 80th season celebrations on May 16, with Marchesa, a fashion show featuring the Marchesa Fall 2019 collection, at Neiman Marcus Union Square. The company also announced the Opera Ball. The Opera Ball, which is a prominent event for every new season will host “The Capulets’ Masked Ball. The ball will celebrate the opening {…}

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Rihab Chaieb, Erwin Schrott & Anna Smirnova Highlight Oper Köln’s 2019-20 Season

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Oper Köln has announced its 2019-20 season. Premieres General Music Director François-Xavier Roth will lead the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln during performances of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde,” directed by Patrick Kinmonth. The cast will feature KS Peter Seiffert/Heiko Börner as Tristan, Karl-Heinz Lehner as König Marke, Ingela Brimberg as Isolde, Samuel Youn/Kostas Smorginas as Kurwenal, John Huezenroeder as Melot, Claudia Mahnke as {…}

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Royal Opera House 2018-19 Review: La Fille du Régiment

Brandie Sutton & Orson Van Gay II Lead Phoenicia International Festival Of The Voice’s 2019 Season

Opéra Grand Avignon Announces Its 2019-20 Season

Carmen Giannattasio, Nino Machaidze & Jessica Pratt Headline Teatro Di San Carlo’s 2019-20’s Season

Left Coast Chamber Ensemble 2019 Review: ‘Dorothea and Artemesia’

Joyce El-Khoury, Jodie Devos & Anne-Catherine Gillet Headline Opera De Limoges’ 2019-20 Season

Téte à Téte Opera Festival Announces 2019 Season

San Francisco Opera Guild Celebrates With Marchesa & Announces Opera Ball

Rihab Chaieb, Erwin Schrott & Anna Smirnova Highlight Oper Köln’s 2019-20 Season